IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING AIMSPROFESSOR MALLER

UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS

TKT Module 2. Part 1Planning and preparing a lesson

or sequence of lessons

Key concepts

Aims: What we want ls to learn. ( sequence of lessons or a whole course).

They (aims) focus on

a function

a grammar structure.

Vocabulary(topic)

Developing a lg. skill

Good to know

Aims not necessarily focus on a particular area of lg.,

Listening to a story for pleasure or encourage a + attitude

To identify and select aims : 2 ?

What do my learners already know?

What do they need to know?

Answers: help us to make sure they are the right ones for those learners at a particular time

Main , subsidiary and personal aims

Main aims: Describes + important thing we want to achieve (in a lesson or sequence of them).

Ex. To practise making polite requests in the context of making holiday arrangements.

Exponent= Could you give me some information about hotels?

How things go from one stage to the other

Subsidiary Aims: Show lg. or skills learners must be able to use well.

Grammar: to revise modal auxiliary verbs.Functional exponent: Could/Would you …?Vocabulary: To consolidate lexis for travel

accomodation.Phonology: To focus on intonation.Speaking: To give controlled oral practice.

Personal aims: What we would like to improve or focuson in our own teaching.

The way we handle aids, materials, a particulat teaching technique, relationship with learners.

To try different correction techniques, to remember to check instructions, to get learners to work with different partners,etc.

Remember

Identifying and selecting aims are the first steps in planning a lesson.

Then what ???

Choose Teaching aids: what to use to support our teaching and materials.

At the end, what? look back and check if we have achieved

aims

Key concepts

Syllabus: The course programme/or coursebook will give us direction for planning our teaching.

Not confuse: aims and procedures

Aims describe what the learners will learn or what they will be able to do with the lg.

Procedures: What the T or Ls will do at each stage of the lesson.

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